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Encyclopedia > Yakama Indian Reservation

The Yakama Indian Reservation is a United States Indian reservation located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains of the state of Washington. According to the United States Census Bureau the size of the reservation is 2,187.56 mi² (5,666 km²) and the population in 2000 was 31,799. It was created in 1855 by a treaty signed by Washington Territory Gov. Isaac Stevens and represenatives of the Yakama tribe. A dispute over the treaty led to the Yakima war of 1855.


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CRITFC | Yakama Nation (266 words)
Mount Adams, the Klickitat River and the Yakima River are among the defining features of the 1.2 million-acre Yakama Indian Reservation in south central Washington.
In the 1855 Treaty with the Yakama, 14 bands and tribes ceded 11.5 million acres to the United States.
The bands and tribes in the Yakama confederation are the Kah-milt-pah, Klickitat, Klinquit, Kow-was-say-ee, Li-ay-was, Oche-chotes, Palouse, Pisquose, Se-ap-cat, Shyiks, Skinpah, Wenatshapam, Wishram, and Yakama.
YFP History (349 words)
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation are descendents of 14 tribes and bands that are federally recognized under the Treaty of 1855.
The reservation is located in south-central Washington, along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range.
Yakama Forest Products was approved by General Council resolution in 1994 (GC-3-94) as a way to fully utilize and add value to the allowable timber cut that comes off the NationÂ’s land.
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